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Illustrations of Historical Military Uniforms

Artistic renderings of military uniforms from various countries between the 19th and early 20th centuries, highlighting diverse styles.

Pencil drawing by Peter Johann Krafft depicting Franz Herzog von Reichstadt in the uniform of the K.K. Infantry regiment 'Emperor Franz I', executed with deck white in 1823.

1809-1815 9empire) Vontigeur, infanterie de ligne 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Belgium, Rifles

Copper engraving and etching by Simon François Ravenet from 1769, showing a soldier with a staff.

1533 / Lannes (Jean) Duc de Montebello

Officier de Marine Belge. 1899 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations, Photographs. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Belgium, Military officers , Belgian, Navies , Belgian

Great Britain. England, 1743-97. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Netherlands, 1856-62. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Military sitting on a chair. The man leans together with hands on the seat handle.

Netherlands, 1824-25. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Italy. Sardinia, 1826-1832 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Regiment Joseph Bonaparte, España, General 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'The Swell of the Ocean', Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget-Seymour, September 9, 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

Germany, Bavaria, 1896-1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Untitled design sketch poster for propaganda art protection in the army, seen sketch of soldier on the back; Untitled design sketch poster for propaganda art protection in the army, sketch of soldier; Sketch of a soldier for 'soldiers! Also watches art '. Soldier saw a stop sign with the right hand and a gun in the left hand, that rests on the ground

Major-General Sir John Edward Cooper, 1919. Francis Dodd (British, 1874-1949). Drypoint;

Russia, 1855 part 6. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. s.n 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations, Drawings. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Russia, 1869. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Americans. 'USA'. Col. John Hay. 24 June 1897, 1897. Chromolithograph.

Design sketch poster for propaganda art protection in the army, sketch of soldier, who makes a stop sign with the left hand, Leo Gestel, 1939 drawing Soldier in front, who makes a stop sign with left hand and carries a gun over the right shoulder. paper. pencil non-combatants ~ war

Turkey, 1821-25. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

Great Britain, colonies (5, part 2) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Man with lance, in combat attitude, seen on the back.

Man-of-War's Man, Spain, 1886, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Man-of-War's Man, Spain, 1886, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Denmark, 1835 : Deenske burgerweer en beamten. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Denmark

Koninklijk Holland. Garde Hussars. 1806 Titeux, Eugène. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

'The greatest danger', that the soldier has to face on active service is not the poison gas and liquid free of the enemy, but bad weather the insidious foe that undermines both health and efficiency. As an economical insurance against the risk the Burberry trench-warm is absolutely essential to every officer at home or abroad. Available from Burberrys, Haymarket, London. Date: 1916

Hongaarsch Infanterie 1748 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Military uniforms , Austrian, Soldiers , Hungarian

Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'A General', General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, March 23, 1878, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1878, Chromolithograph

Germany. Würtemberg. 1800-1806 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Sentry sitting on stone block, Adolphe Mouilleron, after Joseph Nicolas Robert -Fleury, 1851 - 1862 print Paris paper. guard duty, keeping sentry

News // us not screaming in Berlin! Mr. Upon us / in Paris! .. Thanks to Mr Trochu .. / (9)

Russia, 1796 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Hoyos Sprintstone, Johann Ernst Graf.

Anonymous watercolor depicting an Oberst (colonel) in uniform, standing, showing military pose and attire.

Too near the war path | Library of Congress

Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated, Zuave, belonging of historical, originally oriental -uniformed infantry units, French colonial troop, since the mid -19th century regular infantry group of the French army with an elite character, in field equipment

Pontonnier. 1784-1795 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: Field Marshall Erich Ludendorff. Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 20 December 1937) was a German general, the victor of the Battle of Liège and the Battle of Tannenberg. From August 1916,

Engraving depicting a convict in travelling irons on his way to a Siberian prison. Dated 19th century

Lieut. Walter B. Manton, First Rhode Island 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Netherlands, 1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

CAPTAIN MARQUIS TESTAFERRATA OLIVIER AND A PRIVATE OF IST ROYAL MALTA REGIMENT

Russia, 1869. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Captain of the infantry. In the foreground the captain, marching to the right, his gaze aimed at the viewer. Soldiers march in the background. In the undermaster a two-key Latin text. Pendant of banner carrier print. Copy in mirror image to engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1587. Reconstructed from four fragments.

Colonel Lamont I (whole length) , Government officials, Business people, Suits Clothing, Lamont, Daniel Scott, 1851-1905

Lexington 'minute man' , Minutemen Militia. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Description: H H the Sultan of Pahang, 2.11.1945 Date: 02 November 1945 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Denmark, 1835 : Deenske burgerweer en beamten. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Denmark

Trompeter 1620 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Brass instruments

Netherlands, 1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Portrait of an unknown man. The portrait carries a military uniform with a knighthood on his chest. He has pushed the thumb of his right hand in his coat in front of his stomach. He looks up at the top right.

Great Britain, colonies (3) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Max Immelmann. Leutnant; Graf, Oscar (1873-1958); 1916 (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);

Portrait of Infantry B.J.Zanis; Waliszewski, Zygmunt (1897-1936); 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);gift (provenance), portraits, men's portraits

Two wounded soldiers, the left staring, the judge with a canvas around the head, Jacob Joseph Eeckhout, 1803 - 1861 drawing paper. chalk disabled soldier. emotional illness, derangement, madness. disabled soldier. blind, blindness

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'Colchester', Captain Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor Leyland, August 9, 1894, 1894. Chromolithograph.

Head of a soldier, about 1860, United Kingdom, by Francis Grant. Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1936.

A lady military drummer - the slightly saucy caption reads: "I wouldn't need a drum to follow you" ! A propaganda card from WWI. Date: circa 1916

Portrait of a soldier, 1844 The man has put on two order of order. Page 83 from a sketchbook with 188 pages. paper. pencil historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life). (military) uniforms

'Le defaitisme et les grands proces; l'affaire du "bonnet rouge"; le president du conseil de guerre', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Musket-Proof Half Armor of King Philip III (Media Armadura a Prueba de Mosquete del Rey Felipe III) Made 1863-1873 France. Jean (known in Spain as Juan) Laurent was one of the most recognized photographers of 19th-century Spain. He developed a thriving portrait business, documented Spanish public works projects, and produced an encyclopedic survey of Spanish and Portuguese architecture. In the mid-1860s, Laurent was permitted to photograph in the Royal Armory of Madrid, which housed rare personal arms and armor of monarchs from the 15th century onward. He released a catalogue detailing 187 different images from the collection, including this image of half-armor bearing the insignia of King Philip III. Set against a stark black background, the suit of armor seems to hover as if waiting for its wearer.. Albumen print . Juan Laurent

Germany. Würtemberg. 1820-1829 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

The Allies in World War I, France, foot soldier, Desvignes, a Burgundian man, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

The Allies: British Empire: Canadian Soldier; C E Parker of Winnipeg Eugene Burnand (d.1931), Drawing, Pastel, Paper, Portrait, Frame, Photograph, Replica, Armed Forces, Army, War, Works on Paper

War album 106, picture 32729.

The Allies in the First World War, Italy, Alpine non-commissioned officer, Emilio Dones from Milan, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Tambour, 1710 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Austria, Drums, Military uniforms , Austrian

War album 28, picture 7831.

Mina Lowry, Civil War Soldier, 1935 1942 Civil War Soldier

Italy. Papal States, 1870-1900 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

The Allies in the First World War, France, CHASSEUR Alpin, soldier of light Alpine infantry, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913431

Statue of a Danish or German soldier, F.W. Schmidt, 1860 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Horsens photographic support. cardboard albumen print sculpture. the soldier; the soldier's life

Various French Soldiers - World War I

Lieutenant Löwegren. Ludwig Leonard L., then Major ". Watercolor by Fritz von Dardel Nordic

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Portrait of a Fighting Coast Guardsman. This image depicts Coast Guardsman James B. Donaldson, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist John Floyd Morris.

Our English guerrilla. Culpepper. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Guerrillas, United States

Li Hung Chang, from the Heroes of the Spanish War series (T175). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 7/16 in. (6.6 × 3.7 cm). Publisher: Issued by Kinney Brothers (American) . Date: ca. 1901.Trade cards from the "Heroes of the Spanish War" series (T175), issued ca. 1901. Although not inscribed on the cards, the set is believed to have been issued by Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

WWI - Italian 'Garibaldier' Infantryman at the Forest of Argonne, January 1915. Date: 1915

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